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From the issue dated December 7, 2007 |
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Short SubjectsLET THE GIVING COMMENCEHoliday gift ideas for the academic in your life. REMEMBER TO TIP YOUR COWS: An alumna of the University of Iowa is selling prints of her painting of a cow to benefit the business college. IN BOX: To honor a famous alumnus, students at McGill University passed motions to boldly go where none have gone before. The FacultyTHE NEW PH.D.'SThe proportion of minority students earning doctorates is growing, a survey shows. A VIRTUAL MINEFIELDWhen professors and students "friend" each other on Facebook, they are moving into uncharted terrain. ETHICS WATCH: A special committee of the American Anthropological Association offers guidance for scholars who work with military, intelligence, and national-security agencies. WHISTLE-BLOWER GETS $500,000: The University of Oregon has settled a lawsuit by a former professor over a problematic graduate program for foreign students. FREE SPEECH: Protests against the inclusion of Holocaust deniers disrupt a debate at the Oxford Union. PEER REVIEW: The first woman to serve as president of Occidental College has stepped down after just a year and a half in the job. ... The University of British Columbia has attracted two experts in the field of consciousness to its philosophy department. ... The head of the faculty union at the State University of New York has become president of the National Labor College. Research & BooksGRANT MAKING REVISITEDThe NIH's comprehensive analysis of its grant-making processes may yield changes that favor young researchers. RUSSIAN READERS LEAD: An international study has found that U.S. fourth graders trail behind their peers in a dozen nations in reading. THE 'IMMIGRANT UNIVERSITY': More than half of the University of California's students have at least one parent who came from outside the United States, a report says. HOT TYPE: The recent flap over the University of Michigan Press's distribution of a controversial book by Pluto Press shows that many people don't understand how distribution deals work. NOTA BENE: In postwar France, philosophy became a key source of cultural capital that would blossom in a new medium: television. Government & PoliticsCOLLEGE FOR EVERYONEIn his second bid for the presidency, John Edwards is making access to higher education central to his campaign. A WIDENING GAP: Most states are falling behind international standards of degree completion, a report says. ENHANCING OPPORTUNITY: A Lumina Foundation project on higher education unveiled its plan to encourage states to find cost-effective ways to graduate more of their college students. NOT OVER YET: The Education Department's student-loan investigation continues at 55 colleges. NO CHOICE: North Carolina's community colleges must admit illegal immigrants, according to a lawyer for the system. IN BRIEF: A roundup of state higher-education news. Money & ManagementCHASING THE GREENThe University of Michigan's decision to have a mining company with a history of environmental violations on the advisory board of its sustainability institute has prompted accusations of "greenwashing." COMMUNITY MAY BE DIVIDED: Two Texas colleges oppose the U.S. government's plans to erect a fence along the border with Mexico. STRINGS ATTACHED: A donor has pledged $70-million to Oral Roberts University on the condition that it reforms its leadership. COST OF A DISCOVERY: Patenting officials at the University of Wisconsin at Madison are excited about the recent stem-cell breakthrough even though it might devalue the institution's own patents. INVENTOR DIES: The University of Florida researcher who created Gatorade has died at 80. Information TechnologyCARPE DIGITALA philosophy professor challenges the powers that be in virtual worlds with his alter ego, a muckraking journalist. TECH THERAPY: How college IT specialists can get presidents to listen to them. StudentsHOW, AND WHEN, TO WARNUnder pressure to provide speedy alerts of campus crimes, college officials worry about the usefulness of early warnings. A VIRTUAL MINEFIELDWhen professors and students "friend" each other on Facebook, they are moving into uncharted terrain. LIKE FIND LIKE: Minority students tend to cluster at minority-serving institutions, according to a report. THE BENEFITS OF STUDYING: Adults who take the GED in states that require preparation pass at higher rates than test takers in other states. InternationalCONFERENCE REPORT: Canadian educators hope to make their campuses more international with marketing help from their government. 'EDUCATION REVOLUTION': Australia's new prime minister has promised to increase financial support for the country's universities and students. Notes From AcademeSHOOTS AND CONSEQUENCESA professor at Arizona State University teaches film students how to be socially responsible in their work. The Chronicle ReviewIS WOMEN'S HISTORY HISTORY?It might be, if it's not rescued from the legitimate but more-abstract study of gender relations, writes Alice Kessler-Harris. SAGE IN A PHRASEAn aphorism is what it does, writes Jay Parini. 'CREATIVE DESTRUCTION' REVISITEDJoseph Schumpeter the dunderhead political theorist tripped up Joseph Schumpeter the brilliant economist. But let's take another look at the latter, writes J. Bradford DeLong. THE PRESIDENCY UNBOUNDThe Bush administration has pushed the envelope on presidential powers. The authors of two recent books are deeply worried about the implications, writes Anna Kasten Nelson. INTEGRATING THEORY AND PRACTICEThe constitutional-law professor Bill Murphy didn't plan on being a bold political activist. That's just where his profession and his integrity took him, writes Eric Muller. WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEESometimes cultural studies is an afterthought to a museum exhibition; sometimes it is integral to it, writes Marianna Torgovnick. KILLER EFFECTSNever mind Grendel. Can Beowulf conquer the 21st-century guilt trip? asks Stephen T. Asma. BLONDES HAVE MORE BAGGAGEAn exhibit gets at an iconography's roots. LITERACY.NETAll you need to do is skim the NEA reading report online and you'll have some questions. And that's the point, writes Matthew Kirschenbaum. CRITICAL MASS: A debate over why some societies emerge from poverty and others don't. Letters to the EditorChronicle CareersHOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT IN ACADEMEHint: Incivility is not the best approach. CREATING NONFICTIONWhy does it seem like the only time undergraduates encounter "literary nonfiction" is in composition courses? THE LIMITS OF COMMUNITYThe pragmatic demands of academic life mean that church-related colleges can't always demonstrate compassionate Christianity. 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